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Hopes of ultimately calculating a definite orbit for the Russian artificial satellite rose yesterday when it was announced that a specially designed, highpower satellite tracking camera will go into operation at Pasadena, Calif., tomorrow...
Despite reports that particles from the tail of the Giacobini-Zinner comet might damage the Russian artificial moon or deflect its orbit downward, University astronomers seem to feel that there is no danger of such an event. They said last night that the warning by British astronomer A. C. Lovell that the satellite might be destroyed because it lacked atmospheric protection had been misinterpreted...
...United States could have put a satellite in orbit before now but to the detriment of other scientific goals and military progress in the long-range missile field...
Hynek said last night that with the sighting data now assembled "it is very likely that we can work out a definite orbit within 24 hours...
...orbit, when it is established, will reveal the satellite's maximum and minimum distance from the earth. After this is determined, scientists will be able to calculate how long the satellite will stay aloft...